Santarém District
district in Centro Region, Portugal
The District of Santarém (Portuguese: Distrito de Santarém [sɐ̃tɐˈɾɐ̃j] ) is a district of Portugal, located in Portugal's West and Tagus Valley region. The district capital is the city of Santarém.
The district is the 3rd largest in Portugal, with an area of 6,747 km2 (2,605 sq mi), and a population of 475,344 inhabitants, giving it a population density of 70 people per sq. kilometer (180 people per sq. mile).
Municipalities
The district includes the following 21 municipalities.
Abrantes
Alcanena
Almeirim
Alpiarça
Benavente
Cartaxo
Chamusca
Constância
Coruche
Entroncamento
Ferreira do Zêzere
Golegã
Mação
Ourém
Rio Maior
Salvaterra de Magos
Santarém
Sardoal
Tomar
Torres Novas
Vila Nova da Barquinha
Summary of votes and seats won 1976–2022
Archeology
The village of Almonda, within the civil parish of Zibreira, is noted for the Aroeira cave, where the 400,000 year old Aroeira 3 skull of a Homo Heidelbergensis was discovered in 2014. It is the oldest trace of human habitation in Portugal.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Santarém District” is district in Centro Region, Portugal. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Santarém, District and district, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “district in Centro Region, Portugal” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q244510. VIAF identifies the subject as 146626797. The Library of Congress control number is n84027810. Authority coordinates are 39.233, -8.683. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1976, 2022 and 2014.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
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Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Santarém District”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Santarém District primary sources, Santarém District archive and Santarém research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Santarém District” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.